Troy University to host film series, teachers' workshop focusing on the civil rights movement

Posted: Thursday , 23 January 2014

DOTHAN - Troy University's Dothan Campus library will host a series of
documentary film screenings and a teachers' workshop in February exploring
the Civil Rights Movement in America.

"Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle" is an initiative of the
National Endowment for the Humanities that uses the power of documentary
films to encourage community discussion of America's civil rights history.
NEH has partnered with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History to
develop programmatic and support materials for use at local libraries and
other venues.

The Dothan Campus library is one of about 470 institutions across the
country awarded a set of films chronicling the history of the Civil Rights
Movement. The powerful documentaries include riveting new footage
illustrating the history of civil rights in America. In addition to the film
screenings, all of the events will feature lectures and discussions led by
TROY faculty members. All screenings will start at 7 p.m. in the Sony Hall
Auditorium inside Everett Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Screenings scheduled for the "Created Equal" series are:

"The Abolitionists," with lecture and discussion by Dr. Robert
Saunders, on Feb. 4;

"The Loving Story," with lecture and discussion by Dr. Bertha
Roberts, on Feb.11; and

"Freedom Riders," with lecture and discussion by Dr. Martin Olliff,
on Feb. 18

In addition to the documentary screenings, TROY will also host a workshop
for local K-12 social science teachers on Monday, Feb. 10. Led by Georgette
Norman, director of Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum at the Montgomery
Campus, the workshop will give teachers advice on how to present civil
rights education and the study of the Civil Rights Movement in their
classrooms. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the
Harrison Room in Malone Hall.

For more information about the "Created Equal" series of events, contact
Dothan Campus Library Director Chris Shaffer at (334) 983-6556, ext. 1320,
or shafferc@troy.edu.